Railway-rail chair



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\ G. WEEKS".

-RMLWAY RAILV CHAIR;

No. 293,546. .Patented Peb. `12, 1884.

, WENESSES; ga/' T TORNEYS.

UNITED 'd STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WEEKS, OF EAST OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,

RAILWAY-,RAIL CHAIR.

Application tiled November 10, 1883.

To a/ZZ whom Ltma/y concern/,w

Beit known that I, GEoRGE IVEEKs, of East Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeV and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forma part, of this speciiication, and in which- Figurel isa perspective view of my im proved railway-rail chair. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view on line a: w, Fig. l; and Figs. 3, 4, and.5 are perspective detail views of the chair proper and the two locking-blocks, respectively.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to what are generally called railway-rail chairs; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A A rep-V resent the rails; B B, the tiesand C C the allel with the rail, and have their ends resting upon, and spiked or otherwise secured to, the ties BB, the said'pieces being made ,of a suiiicent strength to support the railfchair E. This chair E, which is shown in detailin Fig. 5, extends under and supports the endsfof the rails A A, its ends extending up at right 'an` gles to the side pieces, D D, for the purpose of supporting and keeping in place the locking-'blocks F and G.

F represents the angle locking-block, (shown in detail in Fig. 4,) its outer surface at either end being rounded or beveled and its sides of such a height that whenI placed in operative position its edges will be flush with the top of the rail. When in operative position the lower outer edge of the angle-block F bears rmly against one of the upwardly-extending endsof the rail-chair E.

G represents la locking-block, which is secured in operative-position,with its outer edge bearing against one of the upwarllly-project- I SPECIFICATION forming part Letters Patent No. 293,546, dated February 12, 1884.

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of which. the'various parts forming my im- .proved rail-chair are secured in their operative positions.

From the foregoing descriptiomtak en 1n connection with the accompanying drawings, the` construction of my improved railway rail chair will readily be understood without requiring further explanation.

It will be seen that the angle locking-block F is made of such a shape that it can be reversed when one of its edges becomes worn, the object of constructing the said block of the form previously described being to adapt it to carry the wheels of the passing cars smoothly over the joints of the rails.

By making the various parts of the chair of the proper dimensions it will be capable of sustaininga great weight, keeping the rails together, and sti ffening the joints,thereby mak-` ing the rail at thejoint as firm as at any other point.

It will also be seen that my improved rail? chair is simple in construction, andthat it can be applied without disturbing either rails, ties, or fish-plates.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desi-re to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl The combination, with the rails A A, ties B B, and fish-plates C C, of the side plates, D D, having apertures I I, chair E, having upwith the topof the rails A A, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose shown and set forth.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WEEKS.

- Witnesses:

`DAVID CAERUTHEEs MCGEEGOE, ARCHIBALD BAIED J AMIEsoN.

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